[joel] take me on a tour

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia texted Joel saying that she would be at Taboo in about 20 mins. That's the time it took her to walk there from her house. Why drive and waste gas and get stuck in red lights, when she could walk on this beautiful day. She walked along the sidewalk, stopping for pictures and autographs. She had been famous for awhile, but she still wasn't really used to being stopped all the time. Natalia saw some paparazzi on the other side of the street and a few in front of her. She sighed, they would make a huge deal out of this when they saw where she was going. Her record label back in LA would be calling her, freaking out. Natalia still wasn't sure if she wanted to switch over or not. She loved her label back in LA, but she was in NY now and she needed to be close to her label. She continued walking.

Natalia texted Claire telling her that she had to talk to her and then put her phone back in her pocket. She stopped for a few more pictures and a few more autographs and then was back on her way. It seemed like the closer she got to Taboo, the more paparazzi were following her. Dealing with them was part of the business, but Natalia hated being followed all the time. Especially by older guys. They were sleazy and had no lives, but she would never be disrespectful to them. Natalia turned the corner one last time and there is was. She sighed and walked up to the front and stood outside. She didn't see Joel yet.


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[Joel Carter Foster]

Joel groaned quietly as he took off his baseball hat and rubbed the palm of his hand against his eyes.”Come on, this isn’t right” he said in regards to the track they were laying down for him.He’d recorded a few songs but he hadn’t released anything yet. Logan was being careful with how they treated his career, and Joel was in no place to argue. He felt his phone go off in his pocket and stepped back from the soundboard,pulling the phone out quickly. He smiled to himself as he saw that it was Natalia,finally coming in for the tour they had agreed to. “Hey guys I think that’s good for today, yeah? Logan should be happy. I gotta go.” he said before he put his hat back on and headed out of the studio.After he picked up his hoodie and put it on he was making his way into the kitchen. Blake had packed him and Logan something to eat, but he wasn’t sure if Logan had eaten yet or not. He dug through the boxes until he found the enchiladas and started eating quickly so that he could have that over with by the time Natalia got there.

Joel looked down at the time on his phone before he jumped out of his chair and headed downstairs. Switching labels was never a necessarily fun thing to do, and he certainly wasn’t going to pressure Natalia. The relationship you had with your label was extremely important, and if she was happy with where she was at then she would put out better music. He just wanted her to know all of her options. He headed to the elevator and smiled at a few of the girls that were standing in there as he leaned against the railing. When it opened up he could see Natalia and he pushed away from the rail and headed out, “ Hey Natalia’he called out before he waved at her. ”Seriously, glad you could make it out. You’re gonna love this place,” he said as he slid his arm over her shoulders and started walking back towards the elevator. ‘Looks like you got some sun” he noted, gesturing to her face and grinned quickly.He pushed the button for the top floor, figuring they’d start at the top and make their way down. Natalia was talented, and if he could convince her to come to Taboo, it would be a win win for both parties involved.

Song He's Working On

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

While she was waiting outside, Natalia actually posed for some pictures for the paps and signed a few more autographs. One guy actually had her sign his face. It was weird. Natalia stood outside for about 9 minutes. She heard the door open and saw Joel. She smiled, "Hey." she waved back and walked up to him. "I told you I'd come out and here I am." she said when he said she would love the place. Natalia placed her arm around his back when he put his over her shoulder. She could feel the cameras. They would have a field day with this, "Natalia Richmond finds love in new, unknown boo." Natalia shook her head at the thought.Natalia laughed when Joel said it looked like she got some sun, "Yeah, ten days on a cruise ship will do that to you."

Natalia watched him press the top floor. "So, how have things been with you? You working on anything?" she was genuinely interested. If this kid loved music as much as she did, he would have no problems talking about it. The elevator music was quite loud for an elevator, Great, it's going to be stuck in my head, she smiled to herself. The elevator stopped and let some people in. Natalia returned the smiles and waited for her floor. It stopped again and let those people off. Natalia sighed quietly as it started back up again. Then they got to the floor and Natalia stepped off first and looked at Joel, "Sorry. Not a big fan of elevators." she said with a small laugh.


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[Joel Carter Foster]

Joel rubbed the palm of his hand tiredly against his eyes before he shook his head out and leaned away from the railing of the elevator. He was getting tired, not just of being at the studio but it seemed like he constantly had rehearsal for something. The ones that were making him the most tired were the dance rehearsals. He never even imagined how much dance rehearsals there would be; performances, music videos, special performances which were different than performances at like arenas, already getting ready for tour concepts. “ Yeah actually we’ve got enough to stuff ready to release an EP which I think Logan is dropping like… this next week? Then I do a segment on Good Morning America and my first morning performance there and start doing the ‘morning talk show circuit’ he said with sarcastic excitement before he smiled at Natalia. “ Nothing little old grannies want more than to see a seventeen year old boy singing about love in a falsetto voice while eating their toast and drinking their coffee,”He shook his hair to the left before he placed his hands in his front pockets and started walking down the hallway.

“ Alright that down there is Renner’s office. He’s pretty cool as hell about letting you come in there to talk to him, unless his door is closed. And I mean under no circumstance do you go in there when the door is closed. That usually means Parker is in there, and Ryan is the only one of us to ever have that mistake. Poor guy is probably traumatized,” he said as a smile came across his face. Logan Renner. That dirty bastard. “This here…” he said as he opened Blake’s studio door and pushed it open.” Is Parker’s studio.. vanilla candles… fluffy pillows.. low lighting. Pretty much the girliest thing possible, and absolutely nothing like Shane or Ryan’s studios. Or Kat’s for that matter. Logan’s also pretty damn cool about letting us decorate our studio to what would feel most at home for us,”. Logan was a pretty smart man. The more at home you felt, the more comfortable you were and the better the product you put out. “ We’ve also got the kitchen, the lounge… I’ve been trying to convince him to put in some basketball courts. But.. I think Blake thinks that means he’d never come home”. Joel rocked back on his heels as he looked down at the different studios.’Oh here we can go to mine and I’ll show you what I’ve been working on” Joel shook his hair out again before he made his way down to his studio. ‘ He’s probably the greatest guy in the world to work for. I mean he’ll listen to what you want and find ways to make it work. Except my hair. I want a hair cut. He just laughed when I suggested and kicked me out of his office. … But at least he was nice about it,” he said with a grin before he stepped into his studio. After pressing a few buttons he started up the list of songs he’d been working on and sat down. He knew the songs were kind of poppy, but he didn't really care as long as he was making music. Most people would think he was just some boy band project but honestly he knew how to play the hell out of a lot of instruments and it was something that had just come naturally to him.

Song 1
Song 2, ft. Logan, not Ludacris
Song 3